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Stuart & Ors v. State of South Australia & Ors

Case No. A1/2024
Case information

Lower Court Judgment

14/08/2023 Federal Court of Australia (Rangiah, Charlesworth and O’Bryan JJ)

[2023[ FCAFC 131

Catchwords

Native title – Extinguishment – Proper construction of "native title" in s 223(1) Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) ("NTA") – Overlapping claims – Where appellants together comprise applicant in native title determination under s 61 of NTA made on behalf of Arabana people in March 2013 over area in vicinity of township of Oodnadatta in South Australia – Where over subsequent five years different claim group, Walka Wani people, made two claims concerning same area ("overlap area") – Where in January 1998 Arabana made claim over area abutting overlap area, resulting in consent determination in 2012 in favour of Arabana  in Dodd v State of South Australia [2012] FCA 519 ("Dodd") – Where overlap area omitted from 1998 claim area because Arabana believed different accommodation of their rights in overlap area would be made by state government – Where primary judge dismissed Arabana claim and made determination of native title in favour of Walka Wani – Where appellants unsuccessfully appealed orders dismissing Arabana Claim to Full Court – Whether Full Court majority erred by not finding trial judge failed to correctly construe and apply definition of "native title" in s 223(1) when dismissing Arabana’s native title determination application – Whether Full Court erred by treating all aspects of determination in Dodd as being geographically specific.

Documents

08/02/2024 Determination

22/02/2024 Notice of appeal

28/03/2024 Written submissions (Appellants)

28/03/2024 Chronology (Appellants)

26/04/2024 Written submissions (First Respondent)

26/04/2024 Written submissions (Second to Fifth Respondents)

10/05/2024 Written submissions (Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, intervening)

17/05/2024 Reply

06/11/2024 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

06/11/2024 Outline of oral argument (Appellants)

06/11/2024 Outline of oral argument (First Respondent)

05/11/2024 Outline of oral argument (Second to Fifth Respondents)

06/11/2024 Outline of oral argument (Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, intervening)

07/11/2024 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

09/04/2025 Judgment (Judgment summary)